How can the engraver, illustrator and painter Anna Maria Thelott's driving forces, actions and opportunities on the art scene at the beginning of the 18th century be explained, and how do you find and interpret sources to formulate the answers? This is the question that historian Mia Skott explores with source pluralism and a microhistorical approach in this project. The aim of the resulting book is to contribute deeper and more nuanced knowledge to the collective memory and the state of research, and to show how to find and interpret sources to increase public understanding and utilization of cultural heritage. Anna Maria Thelott was Sweden's, today known and documented by Mia Skott, first female professional engraver, a career she began at the age of fourteen. She produced more than 50 woodcuts, which were printed in, among others, Johan Peringskiöld's works and postal journals between 1706 and 1710. She was also Sweden's, today known and documented by Mia Skott, first female art teacher. Preliminary results show that her activities and strategies bore several similarities to her male competitors. In her teaching, Anna Maria used a unique sketchbook with over eighty drawings and paintings, preserved at Uppsala University Library. In her own interpretations of established motifs and self-portraits, she conveys professional pride and individual artistry. Symbolically, she also expresses a desire to be inscribed in history, which is a powerful metaphor and driving force for the completion of the project.